Your visit to Kent's award winning wildlife attraction

Great days out

Journey to South America, Asia, and Africa on our authentic safari and see some incredible animals along the way. Get up-close with life size prehistoric creatures in the Dinosaur Forest and wander our pathways to discover where the wild things are. Extend your adventure and stay overnight (or for as long as you like!) in one of our unique accommodations.

Important message: The access bridge leading from customer car park to the main Park entrance is currently undergoing essential maintenance. We are offering a free shuttle bus to and from the park every 5-10 minutes.

Animals

Safari

Dinosaur Forest

Eat and Drink

Stay

Animals

We’re home to over 760 animals across 90 species, including spectacled bears and Kent’s only giraffe. Find out more about our incredible animals here.

Safari

Jump on-board a safari truck, included in your entry ticket, and see how many magnificent animals you can spot on your way!

Dinosaur Forest

Steel your nerves and discover the forest that time forgot as you explore the UK’s largest outdoor dinosaur exhibition, Dinosaur Forest, featuring all your favourite beasts.

Stay in our multi award-winning accommodation

There are so many amazing ways to stay at Port Lympne. Our award winning short breaks range from glamping to a luxurious 4* hotel, or a unique Treehouse stay. Set in this unique coastal location, with amazing views, surrounded by wildlife, it’s a short break you’ll never forget.

What’s more, all profits from the parks and short breaks go back into the conservation work of our charity. So you can enjoy your stay, knowing that you are directly helping our conservation work.

Your next adventure awaits

Enjoy unforgettable short breaks with friends, family and loved ones. Stay as long as you like and even pick a different accommodation for each night! Choose additional experiences or just soak up the peace and quiet, recharge and reconnect.

There's so much more to Port Lympne...

We’re not just an award-winning wild day out and we’re not just a charity with conservation at our heart. We take good care of our animals and good care of our guests, too! There’s nowhere in the world quite like Port Lympne.

Book activities including animal encounters, private safaris and Keeper Days

Day visits

What's on

Dining

Safari

Dinosaur Forest

Experiences

Explore: Dinosaur Forest

Steel your nerves as you journey through Dinosaur Forest! Marvel at the tremendous T-Rex, stare at the Stegosaurus, feel the terror of the Pterodactyl, and delight at the sheer size of the diplodocus! Come face to face with prehistoric life-sized creatures in the UK’s largest dinosaur forest and make them come to life with our virtual reality app!

We’re not a zoo

Port Lympne is a breeding sanctuary for rare and endangered animals and wherever possible we aim to send animals born here to protected areas of their natural habitat where they can live free – just as they should be.

We always make sure that the animals come first, from enclosure design to diet, no expense is spared. We grow our own herbs and vegetables and source our meat from trustworthy suppliers.

We design our enclosures with the animals in mind, so there’s lots of natural foliage and furniture to provide shelter and camouflage.

We never lock our animals into viewing areas, so, just like in the wild, it may take some time to spot certain animals.

We do our best to provide a fantastic visitor experience, whilst not forgetting the primary reason we’re here – to ensure the survival of endangered animals.

TRIPADVISOR

Recommend a visit

Animals had lots of space and the keepers/volunteers were informative and helpful. Would recommend a visit for sure.

TRIPADVISOR

Fantastic day out!

I visited the park yesterday with two toddlers and a baby. Fantastic day out...in a beautiful location looking out to sea over the Kentish downs. The dinosaur park was a big hit with the tots. A special thank you to our guide Stephen for a magical safari to see the giraffe family.

TRIPADVISOR

Fab

Lots of animals to see, fab safari experience too! Lots of walking but do provide push chairs for families with young children which is brilliant.

TRIPADVISOR

A genuine UK safari experience

the experience was unforgettable. Superb animals in 'natural' surroundings, happy and knowledgeable staff always helpful, great Lodge accommodation and services ....we stayed over two nights as there were 600 acres to enjoy with a powered people buggy provided. Scenery of the nearby coast was an extra delight.